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There are objectively prescriptive (codified) languages. In Slovakia we have laws giving a certain public institution the responsibility to define what are th
by yreg 5y ago
There are objectively prescriptive (codified) languages.
In Slovakia we have laws giving a certain public institution the responsibility to define what are the proper rules to use the language, including maintaining the dictionary of all the allowed words and their meanings.
Anything beyond that (with the exception of e.g. scientific terms) is objectively incorrect slovak.
- fuzzer37 5y agoAnd yet that's still not how languages actually work.
- yreg 5y agoWhy not?
- fuzzer37 5y agoHave you never made up a new word or colloquialism among friends?
- qubitcoder 5y agoLanguages aren't logical pre-determined constructions (unless they're intentionally designed, such as Esperanto). Humans create languages. And they constantly change and evolve, including new words, letters, grammar, etc. Consider Old English versus Modern English [0]. Or even software companies that have become nouns or verbs in common parlance (e.g. "to google"). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English